Former railway route
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Former railway route
Image: © Robert Ashby Taken: 7 Feb 2015
The Ballymena & Larne narrow gauge railway ceased passenger traffic in 1933 and finally closed in 1950. This is where it passed under the Connor Road/Whapstown Road junction through a tunnel looking towards Larne, although no trace of the tunnel remains. The wire fence going across the field has nothing to do with the railway route but it follows fairly closely where the line ran. Nothing can be seen of the trackbed at this point, though on the other side of the road an overgrown cutting leading to the tunnel can just be made out, but much of the route can be traced on the satellite view.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.822259
Longitude
-6.097522